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Dentistry and Thomsonism. Lahaska, Bucks Co,, Pa. Printedby F. P. Sellers, Lambertville and New Hope job and newspaper office. 1858.

Dentistry and Thomsonism. Lahaska, Bucks Co,, Pa. Printedby F. P. Sell...

On verso: Gift, Sarah Mesrall, Jan. 7, 1954. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 156,... More

Justice out of a job / F. Opper.

Justice out of a job / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Justice as an old woman, asleep at a desk, with cobwebs, spiders, and mice taking over the courtroom; outside a window an armed group of vigilantes have broken down the door to a jail and rem... More

Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixteen year old boy has been newsboy and messenger for drug stores and telegraph companies. He was recently brought before the Judge of the Juvenile Court for incorrigibility at home. Is now out on parole, and was working again for drug company when he got a job carrying grips in the Union Depot. He is on the job from 6:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. (seventeen hours a day) for seven days in the week. His mother and the judge think he uses cocaine, and yet they let him put in these long hours every day. He told me "There ain't a house in 'The Acre' (Red Light) that I ain't been in. At the drug store, all my deliveries were down there." Says he makes from $15.00 to $18.00 a week. Eugene Dalton. Location: Fort Worth, Texas.

Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixtee...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

On guard! It's a pretty big job for one bird! Join the Navy! / H. B. Matthews Feb. 1917.

On guard! It's a pretty big job for one bird! Join the Navy! / H. B. M...

Poster showing an eagle on a cliff, overlooking ships in a harbor. Apply recruiting station or Navy League.

Sure! We'll finish the job Victory Liberty Loan / / Gerrit A. Beneker 1918 ; Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co. Chicago.

Sure! We'll finish the job Victory Liberty Loan / / Gerrit A. Beneker ...

Poster showing a man in hat and overalls reaching into his pocket; he wears buttons from previous Liberty Loan campaigns. No. 1-C. Duplicate on file.

National Paint, Varnish & Lacquer Association, Inc. Hilly house painting job at 319 Wolfe St., Alexandria, Virginia III

National Paint, Varnish & Lacquer Association, Inc. Hilly house painti...

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Paint, Varnish & Lacquer Association, Inc. Hilly house painting job at 319 Wolfe St., Alexandria, Virginia VII

National Paint, Varnish & Lacquer Association, Inc. Hilly house painti...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interesting job with Uncle Sam. Washington, D.C., Oct. 13. One volt after another is all in the day's work for Mrs. L.H. Brickwedde, who is a battery expert for the National Bureau of Standards. Using a potentiometer - or in other words, a standard cell comparator - Miss Brickwedde is shown calibrating standard cells in terms of priority standards of the electro motive force. 10/13/37

Interesting job with Uncle Sam. Washington, D.C., Oct. 13. One volt af...

A black and white photo of a woman in a lab. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

House plant; stacks of panels and trusses ready to be delivered to the job

House plant; stacks of panels and trusses ready to be delivered to the...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Southeast Missouri Farms Project. Final operation in setting of sanitary privy at the job site

Southeast Missouri Farms Project. Final operation in setting of sanita...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migrant steeple-jack removing the crank case from his automobile while his father blocks up the front wheel. Near Prague, Oklahoma. When he secures a job, the entire family, consisting of his father and mother, wife and sister, all help with the painting

Migrant steeple-jack removing the crank case from his automobile while...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, car, the 1920s or 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pearl Harbor widows have gone into war work to carry on the fight with a personal vengeance, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Virginia Young (right) whose husband was one of the first casualties of World War II, is a supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department of the Naval Air Base. Her job is to find convenient and comfortable living quarters for women workers from out of the state, like Ethel Mann, who operates an electric drill

Pearl Harbor widows have gone into war work to carry on the fight with...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Migrant steeple-jack dropping the pan of his automobile before replacing burned-out bearing. His father and wife are also shown. When he secures a job, the entire family, consisting of his father and mother, wife and sister, all help with the painting. Camped near Prague, Oklahoma

Migrant steeple-jack dropping the pan of his automobile before replaci...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, car, the 1920s or 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hunter succeeds Aubrey Williams in WPA. Washington, D.C., Jan. 18. Howard O. Hunter, appointed Deputy Administrator of WPA by Col. F.C. Harrington today, succeeding Aubrey Williams. He will take up his new duties Feb. 1. He has been serving as a field representative in the middle west, and is here surveying with satisfaction the prospect of 'staying put' in his desk job, 1/18/39

Hunter succeeds Aubrey Williams in WPA. Washington, D.C., Jan. 18. How...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Waste is reduced to a minimum in the production of M-3 tanks. This worker at the huge Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit, where these twenty-eight ton monsters are made, is one of a small Army whose job it is to collect metallic chips and cuttings from the various machining operations. This material is carefully segregated and sold for reuse

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Waste is reduced to a minimum in the prod...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Truckload of migrants ready to leave Belcross, North Carolina for another job at Onley, Virginia

Truckload of migrants ready to leave Belcross, North Carolina for anot...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John H. Poole, Jr. cooking while sitting on side of car. He is a carpenter on construction job at Camp Livingston. He comes from Monroe, Louisiana, where he has an electrical shop

John H. Poole, Jr. cooking while sitting on side of car. He is a carpe...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Paul Porter welcoming I. Chance Buchanan on new job. Buchanan was recently appointed head of the Alexandria-Arlington defense rental area

Paul Porter welcoming I. Chance Buchanan on new job. Buchanan was rece...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Army's new halftrac scout cars are protected by durable finishes. The man working on these bogy assemblies is preparing surfaces for a paint job that will resist corrosion and bring the car up to Army standards of smartness. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

The Army's new halftrac scout cars are protected by durable finishes. ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Priorities unemployment. New skills, new opportunities. The U.S. employment office advised John Jones to enroll in a defense training course in his own community. There were vocational courses in local schools to choose from or opportunites for training right on the job through the Office of Production Management's (OPM) training within industry program. Training within industry has been installed in nearly 2000 defense plants employing over 2,000,000 workers

Priorities unemployment. New skills, new opportunities. The U.S. emplo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. Washing-up is a quick job in the modern washrooms

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Hot tar tank tender. His job is to furnish plenty of hot tar at the site of TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet long, with a 31,600 acre reservoir area extending forty-three miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,000 acre-feet this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kilowatts of continuous power to the Tennessee Valley Authroity system in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Hot tar tank ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Formerly a beauty shop operator, blonde Marjorie Karwaske finds that the dear dead days of bobby pins and curler clamps have left her with skillful, speedy fingers and a natural tendency to eliminate wasteful hand movement. These are invaluable aids to her job at a Midwest vacuum cleaner plant which has been converted to the production of gas masks. Those skillful fingers fasten eye pieces to the bodies of gas masks. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Formerly a beauty shop operato...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Fort Knox. Negro mechanics. Transmission job on an army truck at Fort Knox, Kentucky. This Negro soldier, who serves as truck driver and mechanic, plays an important part in keeping the army's transport fleets in service

Fort Knox. Negro mechanics. Transmission job on an army truck at Fort ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

De Land pool. Babcock airplane plant. Earl Gentry was a beverage salesman faced with the loss of his job by the impact of war. He completed 250 hours of training in the De Land, Florida vocational school. Now he's a first-class welder in the Babcock plant in De Land

De Land pool. Babcock airplane plant. Earl Gentry was a beverage sales...

Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Youthful Paderewskis, take note! Her finger made superbly flexible by years of piano practice, this young employee of a Midwest aircraft motor plant finds her musical training of great assistance in her war job. The operation of this drill press demands constant, rapid hand and wrist movement--and that's where those hours of do-re-mi are paying dividends. She's countersinking six holes in a bolt, an operation requiring great precision, speed and skill

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Youthful Paderewskis, take ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Minesweepers. House carpenters turn shipbuilders - and do a good job of it. The man shaping the stem of a new minesweeper's box with an adze has become proficient at an ancient but still indispensible art. Location: an Eastern shipyard. Gibbs Cass Company

Production. Minesweepers. House carpenters turn shipbuilders - and do ...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. The eagle lights on solid ground. One of Uncle Sam's student paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia is about to finish a successful descent from a fast moving plane. It took plenty of training and good judgement to do the job right

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. The eagle lights on solid ground. One ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Story coast defense. It's his job to fight, ours to give him the weapons to fight with

Fort Story coast defense. It's his job to fight, ours to give him the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Five minutes after they helped push in the old jalopy into the wrecking company's lot, Scouts Norman Vitting (right) and Bill Rave watch attentively while Chas. Revell of the wrecking crew starts the wrecking job

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Five minutes after they helped pus...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Lacing head harnesses of gas masks after they have passed through all the stages of assembly and made ready for packaging, is the job of this young woman who works in a large Midwest vacuum cleaner factory which has been converted to war production. Note the lei of string she's wearing--the better to lace the masks with! Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Lacing head harnesses of gas m...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

De Land pool. Skilled craftsmen. Forty-year-old John Oliver formerly operated a fishing camp on Florida's east coast. When the De Land pool formed, Oliver volunteered and turned out to be a first class machinist who had learned his trade in Oklahoma. Now he is assembly machinist in the plant, able to handle any job that comes along. He is typical of the retired skilled machinists being discovered daily in the state by pool operators

De Land pool. Skilled craftsmen. Forty-year-old John Oliver formerly o...

Public domain photograph of working people, Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Batavia, New York. Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm labor camp. George Wright, fifty, ex-showman and jack of all trades whose last job was in a sugar refinery where he broke a leg. He had been on relief since 1929, until the relief agency in New York City sent him to the Elba farm workers camp. Later he was elected a councilman in the camp

Batavia, New York. Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm labor ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. A winch man at the controls who has an important job as he controls the amount of trawl cable that is unwound from the winch. The amount of cable let out depends upon the depth of water, type of bottom, and tide conditions

On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. A winch ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Man returning to Tennessee from his second trip to Ohio to get a defense job

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Gorham (vicinity), New Hampshire. Barbara Mortensen, a fire and airplane lookout on Pine Mountain, leaving to get water from a spring half a mile down the mountain. Beside her is her dog, Brenda, a constant companion on her lonely job

Gorham (vicinity), New Hampshire. Barbara Mortensen, a fire and airpla...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tower, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo, New York. United States NYA (National Youth Administration) trainee being trained to use a lathe in preparation for a job in industry. She is under twenty, works eight hours a day and gets paid forty dollars a month during training

Buffalo, New York. United States NYA (National Youth Administration) t...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Leo Kornblath on the job. Inspecting plans

Leo Kornblath on the job. Inspecting plans

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carol M. Highsmith - Construction workers on the job

Carol M. Highsmith - Construction workers on the job

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Construction workers on the job

Carol M. Highsmith - Construction workers on the job

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Richie Takach and John Weatherwacks beginning installation on planetary strander; this is a custom job for a telephone company; when completed this machine twists wire and fiber optic strands for use in telecommunications.

Richie Takach and John Weatherwacks beginning installation on planetar...

Forms part of a group of images recorded on August 17, documenting scenes at Watson Machine International, 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey.

Las Vegas, Nevada. A billboard on the grounds of the gigantic plant of Basic Magnesium Incorporated, showing tracer bullets and reading "MacArthur's job is fighting. OURS is magnesium." In the background can be seen workers' automobiles and some of the eighty-four foot silos and buildings of the plant

Las Vegas, Nevada. A billboard on the grounds of the gigantic plant of...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sure! we'll finish the job - Public domain World War One sheet music

Sure! we'll finish the job - Public domain World War One sheet music

Words by Harlan E. Babcock ; music by Evelyn Ffrench. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. "Official song of the War Loan Organization of the Seventh Federal Reserve District" Staff notation. (language)

Job Lyman House, 30 Elm Street, Woodstock, Windsor County, VT

Job Lyman House, 30 Elm Street, Woodstock, Windsor County, VT

Significance: This large house is representative of a prosperous era in a prosperous town. It has unusually elaborate ornamentation. Survey number: HABS VT-26 Building/structure dates: 1809- 1810 Initial ... More

Job Lyman House, 30 Elm Street, Woodstock, Windsor County, VT

Job Lyman House, 30 Elm Street, Woodstock, Windsor County, VT

Significance: This large house is representative of a prosperous era in a prosperous town. It has unusually elaborate ornamentation. Survey number: HABS VT-26 Building/structure dates: 1809- 1810 Initial ... More

Adrienne Pagnette, an adolescent French illiterate, speaks almost no English. Is probably 14 or 15. Doffs on top floor spinning room in Glenallen Mill. Her brother Francis has a regular job doffing. Said he is 15 but Mr. Hine doubted it. Her sister Anna said she was 12 years old and helped older sister in Glenallen Mill. Been at it all summer. She stands next to Adrienne in Photo 2396, and in 2396A (taller girl). Photo 2396 shows the entire family of 17 members, 8 or 10 of them in the mill. Almost every one of them illiterate. Stooping, reaching and pushing heavy boxes is bad for young girls adolescent. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.

Adrienne Pagnette, an adolescent French illiterate, speaks almost no E...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Father Knickerbocker's next job / F.M. Hutchins.

Father Knickerbocker's next job / F.M. Hutchins.

Print shows Father Knickerbocker, a symbolic figure for New York City, tossing an old man with a long beard out of a building labeled "N.Y. City", papers labeled "Anti Local Option, Blue Laws, Hayseed Legislati... More

The Best man for the job... may be a woman!

The Best man for the job... may be a woman!

Posters are variants. Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983. Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steamboat line. Stage notice. fare reduced! Cohasset, Scituate & the Glades on and after Tuesday, June 28th ... Cohasset, June 28, 1850. Propeller Job Press, 142 Washington St., Boston.

Steamboat line. Stage notice. fare reduced! Cohasset, Scituate & the G...

Transportation.; Stage coach. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 64, Folder 30.

Dottie and Lottie. I've lost my job, Dottie, it was like this : I was showing a velvet opera cloak ...

Dottie and Lottie. I've lost my job, Dottie, it was like this : I was ...

Preparatory sketches for "Dottie and Lottie." Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

A hard job with the hogs / Gillam.

A hard job with the hogs / Gillam.

Illustration shows President Cleveland as a pig farmer getting tangled in leashes attached to the hind legs of several hogs, each with a distinctive brand, labeled "Hugh McLaughlin, H.O. Thompson, Higgins, Beat... More

"Job" / E.P. Sperry '97. - Drawing. Public domain image.

"Job" / E.P. Sperry '97. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Photograph shows a design by Edward P. Sperry for a stained glass window depicting the Biblical Job holding a book and framed by two trees. 21572 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by Tiffany Glass and Decorat... More

Job Hedges, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wadsworth Jr.

Job Hedges, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wadsworth Jr.

A black and white photo of three people sitting on a bench. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reed lease looking N. from Job Hill showing Caufield lease, Sterling R[...] Oil Co., Linda Vista and Piedmont properties

Reed lease looking N. from Job Hill showing Caufield lease, Sterling R...

J138839 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; March 3, 1910. Stamped on verso: "West Coast Art Co. (Inc.), 115 East Jefferson St., Los Angeles. Phone 22049. Price $1.70. No. 558. Order by... More

War Department besieged by job applicants. Washington, D.C., June 12. Defense preparations have resulted in an unusual rush of applicants for jobs in the War Department. So much so, War Department officials have set aside a special space on the ground floor for interviews and the fillings out of application blanks

War Department besieged by job applicants. Washington, D.C., June 12. ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Charley Humble. Said he was 10 years old. Has a regular job. Been helping his sister for some months in the Deep River Mills. Mother and sister work. Father deserted. Location: Randleman, North Carolina.

Charley Humble. Said he was 10 years old. Has a regular job. Been help...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

At Certificate Office. M.A. Lillian Gurmond, 597 Lawton. French - Born Sept. 2, 1900. George B. Stone. Left at 14 in the 5th grade to be a "braider tender" at the Fall River Webbing Co. (applying for this job). Has also been a clipper at the Standard Speciality Co. and weaver at Lincoln Mfg. Co. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

At Certificate Office. M.A. Lillian Gurmond, 597 Lawton. French - Born...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

On the job for victory / Alpha Litho. Co. Inc., N.Y.

On the job for victory / Alpha Litho. Co. Inc., N.Y.

Poster showing a workman in a shipyard. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation.

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of bicyclist, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Hun is still watching! Show him we're in earnest - finish the job Victory Liberty Loan.

The Hun is still watching! Show him we're in earnest - finish the job ...

Poster showing a pair of staring eyes on a black background. Title transcribed from item.

A zero job in Milan. Throwing switches all day in the shade of a parasol The last silk hat in Italy. An old driver in Milan who withstands the competition of the modern auto taxi ; Genoa. The most famous cemetery in the world where wives erect marble statues of themselves in weeping poses on their departed husbands' graves and before the tomb is green are partners in another marriage venture.

A zero job in Milan. Throwing switches all day in the shade of a paras...

Photographs show a street car worker seated next to a street car and a man wearing a top hat with a horse and carriage, Milan; and gravestones in a cemetery in Genoa, Italy. On page: no. 1559 (top image), no. ... More

Responsible post. Washington, D.C., Sept. 28. A post, which probably carries with it more responsibility than any other in the field of aviation, is held by Richard C. Gazley, New Chief of the Safety and Planning Division of the Bureau of Air Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce. All problems relating to aircraft, airports, air transport, education, international relations, power plants, and radio development come under his direct supervision. One of the most important phases of his job is the developing and testing of all new safety devices for aircraft. In this picture, Gazley is shown inspecting an audio meter for testing radio receiving apparatus.

Responsible post. Washington, D.C., Sept. 28. A post, which probably c...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Congressman on Job for [...] Special Session of Congress, Members of the weaker sex were strongly represented when the special session of Congress opened at the Capitol today. Seven of the eight Congresswomen are shown in this picture made today with only Rep. Katherine Langley, of Kentucky, missing. In the front row, left to right: Rep. Pearl P. Oldfield, Arkansas; Rep. Mary T. Morton, New Jersey; Rep. Ruth Baker Pratt, New York; Back row, left to right: Rep. Ruth Bryan Owen, Florida; Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, Massachusetts; and Rep. Florence Kahn, California

Congressman on Job for [...] Special Session of Congress, Members of t...

A group of people standing in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. Lucille Little works in the El Segundo Plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company

The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been term...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pres. Wilson's grandson takes up football. Woodrow Sayre, son of Francis (State Dpt.) Sayre, and grandson of the late President, Woodrow Wilson, photographed in his football outfit at St. Albans School, Washington. Young Sayre recently clinched his job as regular right end of the team. 10/12/35

Pres. Wilson's grandson takes up football. Woodrow Sayre, son of Franc...

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V.P. back on job. Washington D.C. July 20. Appearing well rested from a vacation at his Texas home, Vice President Garner resumed his duties as presiding officer of the Senate today. With other members of the Senate, the Vice President arrived in Washington last night from Little Rock, Ark., where he attended the funeral of Senator Joseph T. Robinson. 7/20/37

V.P. back on job. Washington D.C. July 20. Appearing well rested from ...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Collects RFC loans. Washington, D.C., Aug. 17. Responsibility for the collection of loans made by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation falls on the shoulders if Henry A. Mulligan, Treasurer of the agency. How well he has done his job is indicated by the record of the last few months that shows that repayment of loans to the RFC has exceeded its disbursements. Mulligan was born in Newburgh, West Virginia., but now claims Wilmington, Del., as his home

Collects RFC loans. Washington, D.C., Aug. 17. Responsibility for the ...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Senate chamber renovated. Washington, D.C., Sept. 28. While the Solons are back home repairing their political fences, workmen are busy doing a face-lifting job on the Senate Chamber. The historic chamber will be completely painted and renovated before the next session of Congress, 9/28/37

Senate chamber renovated. Washington, D.C., Sept. 28. While the Solons...

Public domain photograph of building interior, office, room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huge task for Presidential Secretary. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. The White House was virtually swamped today with letters containing 10-cent contributions to National Foundation for Infantile Pralysis. Miss Margaret Lehand, Personal Secretary to President Roosevelt, is shown as she began opening the first batch of 30,000 to arrive. By noontime an extrea crew of mail clerks had to be put on the job, 1/28/38

Huge task for Presidential Secretary. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. The W...

A black and white photo of a group of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Construction worker's trailer (home-made house car). He has a job at Camp Livingston. Alexandria, Louisiana

Construction worker's trailer (home-made house car). He has a job at C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migrants getting luggage aboard the truck which will take them from Belcross, North Carolina to another job at Onley, Virginia

Migrants getting luggage aboard the truck which will take them from Be...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Florida migrants getting aboard the truck which will take them from Belcross, North Carolina to another job at Onley, Virginia

Florida migrants getting aboard the truck which will take them from Be...

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migratory agricultural workers playing cards while waiting for their truck to arrive. They are leaving today for another job at Onley, Virginia. Near Belcross, North Carolina

Migratory agricultural workers playing cards while waiting for their t...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Mary Smith, Polish tobacco farmer, married to a Yankee. She runs the farm. Husband has job in town. Near Thomsonville, Connecticut

Mrs. Mary Smith, Polish tobacco farmer, married to a Yankee. She runs ...

Public domain photograph of Connecticut in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migrants getting the truck ready to leave Belcross, North Carolina to another job at Onley, Virginia

Migrants getting the truck ready to leave Belcross, North Carolina to ...

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Halftrac scout cars. When the American assembly line gets down to business, things gets done and done well. The assembling of engines for the Army's new halftrac scout cars is a job well done and understood by the trained men of a large Ohio truck plant. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Halftrac scout cars. When the American assembly line gets down to busi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Halftrac scout cars. A crankshaft that earns a job for itself in one of the Army's new halftrac scout cars is a good crankshaft. The Midwest manufacturer who turns it out knows that it's made of the best materials, is accurately machined and has perfect static and dynamic balance.

Halftrac scout cars. A crankshaft that earns a job for itself in one o...

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Harrison Manners rents a small house in Heard County near the Troop County line. He used to run the school bus but lost his job when there were not enough children to take. "Most all the young people have left Heard." Georgia

Harrison Manners rents a small house in Heard County near the Troop Co...

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The postmaster of Upper Zion, Virginia. When the town is evacuated to make room for the Army maneuver grounds, he will be out of a job

The postmaster of Upper Zion, Virginia. When the town is evacuated to ...

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Steam cleaning an Army halftrac scout car for final painting. One of the last touches a large Midwest plant gives the cars is a good paint job that provides protection against the weather and puts the car "into Army uniform." White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Steam cleaning an Army halftrac scout car for final painting. One of t...

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Fort Story coast defense. It's his job to fight; ours to give him the weapons--unceasing supplies of tanks, guns, ammunition...

Fort Story coast defense. It's his job to fight; ours to give him the ...

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Production. Subchasers. Now well over seventy, this old ship fitter came out of retirement to help build subchasers at a Southern shipyard. At the pipe-bending job he is doing, and at other jobs, he has helped the yard win the coveted Navy "E"

Production. Subchasers. Now well over seventy, this old ship fitter ca...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Proud of his job. Smiling worker in an eastern arsenal hand finishes the interior surface of a cradle for an 8-inch gun, railway carriage

Proud of his job. Smiling worker in an eastern arsenal hand finishes t...

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Production. Aircraft. As the bit bites deep into tough metal, this mechinist in a large Western aircraft plant smiles with grim satisfaction. He's ahead of schedule, and he knows that every job completed ahead of time is a sharper thorn in the side of our enemies

Production. Aircraft. As the bit bites deep into tough metal, this mec...

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Production. War housing trailers. The top of a war housing trailer comes in for attention at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. High catwalks give easy access to the top as blue wadding is laid over the entire surface. The spongy softness of this material will compress under the final fabric top. The wadding covers all nail and screw heads and any possible rough edges, ensuring a smooth final job

Production. War housing trailers. The top of a war housing trailer com...

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Production. B-25 bombers. A new B-25 bomber is rolled out on the field of a big Western airplane plant. This mighty ship is a product of the teamwork of American men and women who took in stride the job of adapting themselves to the many intricate operations necessary in the production of a modern bomber. Fairfax bomber plant, Kansas City

Production. B-25 bombers. A new B-25 bomber is rolled out on the field...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, Mrs. Elouise J. Ellis (right) now "keeps 'em flyin'" at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. She is a supervisor under civil service in the assembly and repair department. It is her job to maintain morale among the women by helping them to solve housing and other personal problems. With her is Jo Ann Whitington, a National Youth Administration (NYA) trainee at the plant

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Formerly a sociology major at t...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Railroad worker whose job is to inspect journal boxes, brake shoes, etc. and make minor repairs at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Railroad worker whose job is to inspect journal box...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A meal on the march. Machine hands in the tool and die room of a converted automobile plant take lunch periods right on the job. The slotting machine behind them perforates metal shapes used in the production of army "jeeps" and tanks. Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

A meal on the march. Machine hands in the tool and die room of a conve...

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Production. Aircraft engines. She used to be a librarian, now she inspects aircraft parts. Prior to Alma Jean Vincent's employment in a large Midwestern aircraft plant, she managed the junior book section of a suburban library. She had also been an assistant buyer of sportswear, but this lack of industrial experience seems to have been no handicap for her present job of visual gauge operator, inspecting airplane motor parts. With only six months of war work behind her, she's more than meeting plant requirements for speed and precision. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. She used to be a librarian, now she insp...

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Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. NYA (National Youth Administration) student training for a defense job

Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. NYA (National Youth A...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gorham (vicinity), New Hampshire. Barbara Mortensen, a fire and airplane lookout on Pine Mountain, and her Great Dane, Brenda. She says that without her dog she could not hold down her job

Gorham (vicinity), New Hampshire. Barbara Mortensen, a fire and airpla...

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Substitute materials. Glass utensils. New type glass measuring cups have easy-to-read markings. The quart measuring cup shown here makes simple the job of preparing baby's formula or cooking recipes

Substitute materials. Glass utensils. New type glass measuring cups ha...

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Riveting an aft section assembly. Two women workers are teamed up on a riveting job on an aft section assembly which will go into the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber, now in full production at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Riveting an aft section a...

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Women in essential services. Ethel Peterson, twenty-seven, an expert lift-truck operator at the Paraffine Company in Emeryville, California. Her job demands manual skill and excellent driving judgement, for sharp curves must be rounded and the cargo must be handled with precision and speed at all times

Women in essential services. Ethel Peterson, twenty-seven, an expert l...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women welders on the way to their job at the Todd Erie Basin dry dock

Women welders on the way to their job at the Todd Erie Basin dry dock

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Reed Hall cleaning out the barn on the farm where he got a job after finishing training course at Rio Grande College

Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Reed Hall cleaning out the barn on th...

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Richie Takach and John Weatherwacks beginning installation on planetary strander; this is a custom job for a telephone company; when completed this machine twists wire and fiber optic strands for use in telecommunications.

Richie Takach and John Weatherwacks beginning installation on planetar...

Forms part of a group of images recorded on August 17, documenting scenes at Watson Machine International, 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey.

Job Greene House, West Shore Road (Hoxie), Warwick, Kent County, RI

Job Greene House, West Shore Road (Hoxie), Warwick, Kent County, RI

Significance: Although no longer extant, some of the interior work was moved to the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. The original one and one-half story frame house had a stone end chimney; this was folded... More

14-year old Fred cutting dies for a new job. Embossing shop of Harry C. Taylor. 61 Court Street. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

14-year old Fred cutting dies for a new job. Embossing shop of Harry C...

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